Steven Winberg

Steven E. Winberg is an American businessman and government official who served as the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy from November 2017 to January 2021.[1]

Steven Winberg
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
In office
November 27, 2017 – January 2021
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byMark Maddox (acting)
Succeeded byJennifer Wilcox (acting)
Personal details
BornRome, New York
EducationState University of New York Maritime College
University of Pittsburgh

Career

Winberg previously served as vice president for research and development at Consol Energy and as a senior program manager with the Battelle Memorial Institute. Winberg was the board chair for the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, a coalition of power producers, coal producers, and equipment manufacturers which was established to pursue a public/private partnership to build the world's first near-zero emissions coal-fueled power plant. Winberg holds two patents related to NOx emissions reduction using coal and natural gas.[2][3][4]

Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy

Although having had to admit that coal was no longer considered viable for the production of electricity Steven Winberg, in 2020, pointed out the actual carbon value of coal including metals, which can be extracted from coal ash, and their value for the production of electronic equipment. He presented a range of products at the annual American Legislative Exchange Council meeting and later at the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources where he demonstrated the use of coal in coal-based carbon foam, decking material and roofing tiles and the prospect, in the foreseeable future, to build a fire-proof house with coal.[5]

In October 2020, Winberg signed a "memorandum of cooperation in the field of carbon capture, utilization and storage and carbon recycling" with Japan as another step to combat climate change.[6]

Personal life

Steven Winberg is married to Anne and has two daughters.[7][8]

Publications

References
  1. "Assistant Secretaries for Fossil Energy". Energy.gov. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  2. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". whitehouse.gov. September 2, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017 – via National Archives.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Litvak, Anya (September 5, 2017). "Former Consol exec tapped to lead federal fossil fuel office". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  4. "President appoints Rome native to energy post". Rome Sentinel. September 6, 2017. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  5. "Trump official says coal isn't dead, it's just waiting to become ceramics, roof tiles, and iPhones". Grist. August 12, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  6. "Japan steps up carbon cycling cooperation, latest with US to tackle climate change | S&P Global Platts". www.spglobal.com. October 14, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  7. "Director of the Office of Fossil Energy: Who Is Steve Winberg?". AllGov. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  8. "Opening Statement Steven Eric Winberg". U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. September 26, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2021.


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